For months and months, Carson Palmer has surely heard the doubters. The fans still bitter about the lopsided trade that brought him to Oakland and unfairly thrust him into a situation he was weeks away from being able to handle...

At the beginning of the 2012 campaign, a 3-4 record eight weeks into the season probably would have seemed acceptable to many in Raider Nation. Sure, a loss to Miami would have hurt, but with the Dolphins surging, the loss becomes much more tolerable..

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Four games into the season, the Oakland Raiders clearly aren't where they had hoped to be, having won just one game thus far. After losing in Weeks 1 and 2, fans could write off the two losses for a myriad of reasons...

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As the season gets deeper and deeper, a fan's or an analyst's job gets much easier because tendencies and signs become clearer. For the Oakland Raiders and their Week 4 opponent, the Denver Broncos , the idea couldn't be more true...

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For two weeks, many may have quietly wondered whether Darren McFadden was still the best player on the Oakland Raiders . While McFadden had managed to stay healthy through two games, his production wasn't quite what people had hoped...

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After having to wait five days before getting their first taste of real NFL action, the Oakland Raiders suffered a 22-14 loss at the hands of the San Diego Chargers thanks to a number of special teams' failures...

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